Rubber Stamping & Card Making with Yapha

I saw this fabulous birthday card over on Twila’s blog and I absolutely love the bright colors she chose and the inlaid embossing with the circle punches! I made up a slightly modifies version, and it was the fourth card we made at my birthday card class last weekend. I usually only make three projects, but it was raining cats and dogs out (I know, because I stepped in a poodle), and I wanted to thank them for coming out despite the weather!

Stamps: Word Play
Ink: Pacific Point
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Old Olive, Whisper White
Other: 1″ Circle Punch, 1 1/4″ Circle Punch, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, Old Olive Satin Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Big Shot

It would be easy to substitute different colors and make very different cards for many occasions. Such a classic design!

Here’s an oldie but a goodie! I pulled out my Loads of Love set to make a fun Valentine with my after-school kids club. They love coloring, so this one was great for them. Sometimes you just have to go back to the classics.

Stamps: Loads of Love, Loads of Love Accessories
Ink: StazOn Black, Real Red, Bermuda Bay, Basic Grey
Paper: Real Red, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White
Other: 1 1/4″ Circle Punch, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, Crop-a-Dile, Bermuda Bay Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder, Big Shot, Aqua Painter

I varied the colors of the hearts by using different amounts of ink on my Aqua Painter. I really like the combination of Real Red and Bermuda Bay. It is so striking!

Here’s another card made with the I {Heart} Hearts stamp set.  (Remenber, Stampin’ Up will donate $2 to the American Red Cross’s Haiti Relief and Development Fund for each of these sets sold.) This one is an easel card. It is fabulous to look at, and fairly easy to make. You can find detailed instructions here. I made it even simpler — I didn’t score my card stock first, just folded it in half, then folded one of the flaps in half again. And then I attached the 4.25″ square with a glue stick, it didn’t need sticky strip.

This is the front of the card.

Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts, With All My Heart
Ink: Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
Other: Pinking Hearts Corner Punch,Pinking Hearts Border Punch,  Finial Press Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Big shot

Here is what it looks like from the side.

I thought I would also show you my first version of the card. I ended up redoing it because I thought it was too plain.

Which one do you like better?

I have so many things to be thankful for — a wonderful family, fabulous friends, a fantastic job, and of course a hobby that brings me joy. All of these things criss-cross my life in so many ways. One of the many things I am thankful for is to have a supportive, loving, and artistic mother who has taught me so many things.  She is a fabulous needlepoint designer and Jewish educator. She has many themes and motifs that she uses in her own art, but above all else, she loves doves. So I created this card just for her. In fact, I bought the Holiday Windows Movers & Shapers set, just for this dove, so I could make her cards with it. (It comes with 4 shapes.) I realized when I finished it, that I didn’t even stamp anything on it. I did use the Texturz Plates background that looks like the Baroque Motifs swirl, which is her favorite Stampin’ Up design. With its clean layout, this card is also perfect for todays “Keep It Simple, Sweetie” challenge on Pals Paper Arts.

Paper: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Whisper White
Other: Holiday Windows Movers & Shapers set, White Satin Ribbon, Texturz Plates Background #1, Big Shot

Hope you like it, Mom! And Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

I really liked this weekend’s sketch challenge over at Stamping 411. I was *this close* to creating a scrapbook page for it, but decided to make a card instead, using the super fun color’s of Friday’s Color Challenge over at Stampin’ Addicts.

The Stampin’ Addict challenge colors were Certainly Celery, Rich Razzleberry, and Dusty Durango. They are great for a non-traditional Halloween or Fall card. I chose to go with a fall card. I used a Texturz plate on the Certainly Celery piece to mimic the look of the vine. It’s hard to see in the picture, but it looks very elegant in real life.

Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Holiday Best
Ink: Certainly Celery, Rich Razzleberry, Dusty Durango
Paper: Certainly Celery, Rich Razzleberry, Dusty Durango, Whisper White
Other: Stampin’ Up Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plates, Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Dusty Durango Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, Big Shot

Our friend Tracy was kind enough to let Steve stay at her house on his latest trip to Massachusetts, so of course I had to send her a nice pack of cards as a thank you! I made a few different ones, that I will show you over the next few days. This first one is my favorite. Tracy brews her own beer, so I knew I had to make her one with this set. It uses the ultra-cool Movers and Shapers Die which lets you cut a window in the card. There a variety of different shapes you can cut with it. I used the Curly Label one for this. The hole is just a smidge bigger than the Curly Label Punch, so you can fit a punched piece in the window, and use the part that gets cut out with the die to matte it! Here’s the front of the card:

And here’s what it looks like when you open it up:

Stamps: Cheers to You
Ink: Chocolate Chip, More Mustard
Paper: Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Whisper White
Other: Chocolate Chip 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Perfect Details Texturz Plate, Movers & Shapers Curly Label Die, Curly Label Punch

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The Pals Paper Arts challenge this week is a sketch challenge. I gave it try yesterday, while making my husband Steve his birthday card. (I figured I better take advantage of his going fishing for the day and get his birthday card done!)

As I tried to figure out what to put in the three circles, my mind kept on drifting back to the Beer mug in Cheers to you. It was a touch big, but ended up working perfectly. I popped them up on Dimensionals. I also embossed the chocolate chip cardstock with the Perfect Details Texturz plate. One of the tips for getting a deeper impression with the Texturz plate is to spritz your card stock with water first, before running it through the Big Shot. I gave this piece a few good spritzes, and it worked great!

Stamps: Cheers to You, Heard from the Heart
Ink: Chocolate Chip, More Mustard
Paper: Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Whisper White
Accessories: 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, Earth Elements Brads (More Mustard)

Hmmm… Well, I’m not sure what happened as I tried to do this week’s Mojo Monday sketch.

First of all, it is Tuesday. Maybe that is part of the problem. I don’t know, but no matter how hard I tried I could not follow the sketch exactly. I left off one of the bars, which is probably why I had to move the circle (or oval, in this case) from the bottom of the rectangle to the top. I am pleased with how the card turned out, though. I borrowed the color scheme from the new Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper.

Stamps: Upsy Daisy
Ink: Old Olive, Orchid Opulance, Rich Razzleberry (Stampin’ Write Markers)
Paper: Old Olive, Orchid Opulance, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Accessories: Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Texturz Background #1, 1/4″ Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon

Have I mentioned how much I am loving these In Color Stampin’ Write Markers? They are awesome!

I love the stamp set Thoughts & Prayers. In addition to the beautiful tree, it also has a flowering branch that is just lovely. And it has some really nice sentiments in it as well. If the colors and basic layout looks the same, it is because I used some of the leftover cardstock from my last workshop! I just turned it on its side. I used my Stampin’ Write Markers to ink the flowers and leaves in different colors.

Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers
Ink: Rose Red, Old Olive, Basic Black
Paper: Rose Red, Old Olive, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Rose Red 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Texturz Plates #1, Big Shot

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Here’s another card that we made at Paula’s workshop last week. She let me know how much she loved green, so I came up with this card, using plenty of Old Olive. It also uses the Botanical Blooms stamp set, which is only availble for two more weeks! You can get it free with any $50 order! (We’ll be making this card at Lisa’s workshop on Thursday as well.)

Stamps: Botanical Blooms
Ink: Rose Red, Old Olive, Basic Black
Paper: Rose Red, Old Olive, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Rose Red 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Chit Chat Rub-Ons, Stampin’ Up Texturz Backgrounds 1

I don’t think you can tell from the picture, but the Old Olive piece is embossed with the swirly design from the Texturz plate. I used the Chit-Chat rub ons for the sentiment since that was easier than stamping on the texture.

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